Riles 🌿

Fear is a reasonable response to life. He/Him, 24 years old. A Researcher at the Magnus Institute.

[Riles 🌿 @Ag0raph0bia_]

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[Riles 🌿 @Ag0raph0bia_]

The spiders watch me. They watch me as they spin their little webs and they watch me as they eat their food. They watch me as they scuttle into a corner unseen and they watch me as they crawl over my skin with the light tip tap of their limbs.

They watch me.

[Harper Ruth ♥️ @NoyBuiltInADay]

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[Ruthie checks her desk. Meticulously, so very carefully, she turns the plate of baked goods. Is that good? She pauses and stares at it for a moment. She turns it again.]

[She looks up at a knock on her door.] "Oh! Ah, come in!"

[Riles 🌿 @Ag0raph0bia_]

@NoyBuiltInADay Sure. Thanks, I guess. [He stands, grabbing one of the treats as he walks out.]

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@NoyBuiltInADay [He nods as well– he doesn't want to think about that night. He really doesn't, so he won't. He'll think about other things. Like magical ponies. Or puppies. Or literally anything else.]

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@NoyBuiltInADay I didn't think I did before.

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@NoyBuiltInADay Probably because they don't research normal things just..supernatural stuff.

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@NoyBuiltInADay Circumstance, mainly- I am /not/ going back to my old job...and I kept getting sent application forms from there, oddly enough.

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@NoyBuiltInADay Yeah, well, academics sucks. I can't blame them.

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@NoyBuiltInADay Oh, yes.

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@NoyBuiltInADay [He shrugs.] I don't mind it very much, honestly. It's quiet and I don't have to talk to people all that much. My coworkers are chill, too.

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@NoyBuiltInADay Research.

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@NoyBuiltInADay Yeah, it doesn't help with my paranoia- but I have ways to fix it so it's fine.

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@NoyBuiltInADay The Magnus Institute.

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@NoyBuiltInADay Yeah. Me too...Though, it's not like my current job is any better, honestly.

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@NoyBuiltInADay [He nods at that.] I hate it. I hate her.

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@NoyBuiltInADay That. Yes. Exactly.

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@NoyBuiltInADay ...Yeah. She was creepy as hell.. felt like she was staring through me, at times. Jason felt it too, before he...yeah.

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@NoyBuiltInADay Yeah. I guess. [He crosses his arms, still fidgeting with the sleeve of the hoodie.]

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@NoyBuiltInADay ...Just a friend. An old coworker. It's nothing.

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@NoyBuiltInADay [He blinks, now a bit uncomfortable. Nauseous, he sets down the treat he was munching on.] F..ffine?